Lot 12
A RARE RIMLESS IZNIK 'QUATRE BOUQUETS' POTTERY DISH
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1575
Auction: 10 June 2026 from 14:00 BST
Description
of shallow form with short curved rim on a short ring foot, decorated in cobalt blue, bole red, green and black outline on a white ground under a transparent glaze with a central blue flower with four issuing floral sprays, and four larger motifs at right angles comprising vases with floral bouquets enveloped by blue floral stems, verso with green and blue floral motifs
Dimensions
28.5cm diameter
Footnote
This Iznik dish is rather unusual for not having the traditional ‘rock and wave’ rim. Instead, the artist has painted a narrow rim and allowed more space for the overall design.
A closely related Iznik quatre bouquets dish is in the Musée National de la Renaissance – Chateau d’Écouen. See, Frédéric Hitzel et al. Iznik – L’Aventure d’une Collection, Musée National de la Renaissance – Chateau d’Écouen, Paris, 2005, No. 175, p. 155, and for a comparable dish in the Benaki Museum, Athens, please see John Carswell & Mina Moraitou and Melanie Gibson, Iznik Ceramics at the Benaki Museum, Benaki Museum - Gingko, London, 2023, No. 39, p. 93, and lastly for comparable compositions, although with the rock and wave design rim, in the Koc collection, see Hulya Bilgi, The Omer Koc Iznik Collection, 2015, nos. 124-126.